Draft:Jason Pine

• Comment: I'm rejecting this draft (which means you can not re-submit it) because yet again the language throughout is still wholly unacceptable for a neutral encyclopaedia. Jason may indeed meet our notability criteria, but unless you carefully learn how to write for this encyclopaedia it is pointless to keep submitting this in it's present state and continue to waste our time.
  If you feel you can write in a dry, neutral, factual manner and have improved the draft, let me know on my user talk page or WP:PING me. Qcne (talk) 11:29, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: "Through his storytelling, Pine exposes the legacy of late industrialism amidst decay" clearly is NOT neutral encyclopaedic tone! Theroadislong (talk) 07:25, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Littered with ridiculous, inappropriate unsourced content “Pine’s work eschews the use of ethnographic research for transcendental theory-making” “He immerses readers directly into the environments he studies,” “Pine's work demonstrates a commitment to making scholarly research accessible to a wider audience through careful attention to the art of writing and reading” etc etc etc it will need a complete re-write. Theroadislong (talk) 22:23, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Picking a line from this piece at random, "Pine opts for a decompositional style, fragmenting narratives and employing free indirect discourse to blur the lines between author, subject, and reader." This is absolutely not neutral, and should be removed, among many of the unreferenced paragraphs. Utopes _{(talk / cont)} 19:45, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Marginally improved from last review. Still significantly lacks reliable citation. TheBritinator (talk) 16:01, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

• Comment: Completely unreferenced. DoubleGrazing (talk) 13:37, 26 February 2024 (UTC)

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Jason Pine, born in 1969 in New York City, is a writer and anthropologist, as well as a recipient of the 2015 Berlin Prize. His scholarly work spans books, essays, and performance lectures, focusing on the strategies employed by historically dispossessed individuals to secure livelihoods amid the challenges posed by late capitalism. Pine's work critically examines the pervasive violence inherent in these socio-economic conditions, shedding light on the resilience and adaptability of marginalized communities. His ethnographic research delve into the interplay between being dispossessed and seeking possession, as seen in the lives of neomelodica artists on the fringes of Italian society and meth producers in rural Missouri. Pine's scholarship is marked by a attention to atmospheres—how subtle forces shape social worlds in ways often overlooked . Pine adopts an approach to ethnography that emphasizes grounded theory, eschewing the simplification of ethnographic data for abstract theorization in favor of a descriptive, narrative-driven approach that situates the study within the broader context of its subjects. His work seeks to engage readers directly with the complexities of his subjects' lives, highlighting their enigmatic and often hidden aspects. Pine's methodology advocates for an engagement with the research topic, prioritizing indirect approaches to better delineate the subtle and sometimes overlooked forces that influence his subjects' environments

Education

Pine holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin, an M.A. in Anthropology and Historical Studies from The New School for Social Research, and a B.A. in Anthropology from the University of Chicago.

Academic career

Pine has been teaching at SUNY Purchase since 2007, where he is currently Chair of the Department of Media Studies. He has also served as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the Università degli studi di Napoli Federico II.

Pine has taught courses at SUNY Purchase and The New School on topics such as Alternative Economies, Material Cultures, Ethnographic Film, and Environmental Media.

Fellowships, grants, and awards

Pine has been recognized with several awards, including honorable mentions for the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing and the Gregory Bateson Book Prize for The Alchemy of Meth: A Decomposition and the Premio Sila: Sguardo da Lontano for the Italian translation of The Art of Making Do in Naples. He was a Berlin Prize Fellow at The American Academy in Berlin and a fellow at the Chemical Heritage Foundation. His work has been supported by several grants and residencies, which include the Wenner-Gren Foundation, the Bellaggio Center, The Warner Fund of Columbia University Seminars.

Publications

Pine is the author of The Alchemy of Meth: A Decomposition and The Art of Making Do in Naples, both published by the University of Minnesota Press. Pine has also written numerous refereed essays and book chapters on related topics.

The Art of Making Do in Naples

The Art of Making Do in Naples is a detailed ethnographic work that weaves the everyday struggles of Naples' lower classes against the backdrop of the omnipresent organized crime networks sometimes referred to as the camorra . Pine's immersive fieldwork goes beyond mere observation, delving into the atmospheres of communities where the lines between legality and illegality blur. His narrative captures the intense physicality and emotional exchanges that characterize the neomelodica music scene . The book is a critical examination of personal sovereignty in a precariously balanced contact zone,” where formal, informal, and illicit economies intersect . He meticulously details the affective economy of Naples, where communication is implicitly charged and the art of making do is a collective performance and a means of survival. Pine traces the paradox of sovereignty in such an environment. Through his eventual connection with a camorrista, he illustrates the stark contrast between the camorra's promise of power and the reality of pervasive uncertainty. To embody this sovereignty, much-sought after but for most people impossible, means to control everyone else through fear, power and the ability to extend worlds of possibility.

The Art of Making Do in Naples was translated into Italian in 2015 as Napoli sotto traccia. Musica neomelodica e marginalità sociale] (Donzelli Editori 2015).

The Alchemy of Meth: A Decomposition

The Alchemy of Meth: A Decomposition is an ethnographic study and exploration of decomposition in the United States, manifested in various forms: from the breakdown of consumer products and industrial chemicals in meth labs to the disintegration of the American Dream. Pine's narrative delves into the entanglements of methamphetamine production and use with broader issues of late industrial dispossession, the intertwining of government and commercial interests, and the relentless pursuit of more energy and labor extraction from individuals within a capitalist framework. Pine's fieldwork, spanning interactions with meth cooks, recovery professionals, law enforcement, and pharmaceutical executives, reveals a complex ecosystem of desire, exploitation, and survival. Through his storytelling, Pine exposes the legacy of late industrialism amidst decay.

The Alchemy of Meth was published in audiobook format by Blackstone Publishing, narrated by Pine, in 2020.

Art installations and performance lectures

Pine has presented art installations and given performance lectures at various venues, including the American Academy in Berlin, Princeton University, and the Chemical Heritage Foundation Museum, The Museum of Arts and Design in New York.

External links

• SUNY Purchase Faculty Profile
• LinkedIn Profile
• Performance at The American Academy in Berlin
• Interview on 'To the Best of Our Knowledge'
• Interview in Rorotoko